Manager Culture & Safety

Water Industry Solutions (WIS) is a successful and respected Tasmanian owned civil construction business, with 17 years’ experience specialising in  constructing water sector infrastructure.

About the Role & About You 

Reporting to the Director and as a key member of the leadership team, the Manager Culture & Safety is pivotal in driving strategic initiatives to foster positive change and shape a high performing, inclusive, collaborative and safe culture to drive performance across the business.

This role

• identifies gaps, develops, implements and manages frameworks for wellbeing, engagement and people management, risk and safety

• monitors and maintains the systems that ensure quality, safety and environmental compliance for ISO certification, legislation and to meet our key client requirements

What would we like to see? 

• Solid experience in culture development and experienced end-to-end HR management preferably in construction industry

• You balance strategic thinking with hands-on leadership providing support across the business that enables continuous improvement in systems, strategies and capability.

• You take the lead on safety, and collaborate with stakeholders to embed a safety-first culture

• You troubleshoot problems and find practical solutions

• You are trusted and respected, demonstrating integrity and a high work ethic

• The ability to make your own decisions and take accountability to fix the issue 

• Genuinely supports development of people   

• A strong flexible work approach where being responsive is second nature  

• A formal qualification or extensive experience in HRM/HRD 

• Full working rights in Australia with a valid Australian driver’s licence  

You demonstrate:

• excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills

• strong understanding of Australian employment laws and regulations, and proven experience in employee relations and performance management

• effectiveness in building a safety culture

• excellent decision making, analytical, problem solving and organisation skills

• excellent attention to detail

• strong computer literacy skills including MS suite

 

Why work for us?

WIS has been successfully operating for 17 years. We have a current 5 year contract with TasWater with an opportunity for this to be extended an additional 5 years.

We are a close team of 36 employees and we have, and continue to, work hard to focus forward on our Vision:

To be the trusted and respected leader in the water industry with an unwavering commitment to:

• Quality, Innovation and Professionalism in our work practices

• A positive Safety Culture infused in what we do

• Build on our Environmental values

• Continuous Improvement across our business

We respect and reward attitudes and behaviours that align with our Values:

Respect          Commitment          Accountability        Team            Integrity                                                                      Position Description

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To apply:

If you feel you have the attitude and aptitude to grow with our company, we invite you to apply or call and have a conversation about the role.

Please forward your resume and a cover letter that addresses the required attributes above to:  Kathlyn Smart, Manager Safety People & Performance by 9.00am Monday 8th September 2025.  E: ksmart@wisgroup.com.au

If you have any questions, please call Kathlyn on 0407 787 467